Breakdown of Noi abbiamo fretta, vediamo il treno e corriamo.
e
and
il treno
the train
noi
we
vedere
to see
correre
to run
avere fretta
to be in a hurry
Questions & Answers about Noi abbiamo fretta, vediamo il treno e corriamo.
Why does the sentence use abbiamo (we have) instead of the verb for "we are"?
In Italian, you don't say you "are" in a hurry; you say you "have" a hurry. The expression is avere fretta. Since the subject is "we", we use the matching form of avere, which is abbiamo. You will see this "have" pattern with other states of being too, like being hungry (avere fame) or being cold (avere freddo).
How do verbs like vedere and correre change to match "we"?
Is the -iamo ending for vediamo and corriamo only used for -ere verbs?
Actually, no! One of the friendliest rules in Italian is that the "we" form almost always ends in -iamo, no matter what kind of regular verb it is. Whether it is an -are, -ere, or -ire verb, the ending for "we" stays exactly the same.
Why is there a noi at the start of the sentence, but not before vediamo or corriamo?
In Italian, you usually don't need to use subject words (like io, tu, or noi) because the verb's ending already tells us who is doing the action. The noi at the beginning is just there to set the scene or add slight emphasis. Adding noi again before vediamo and corriamo isn't grammatically wrong, but it would sound very clunky and repetitive.
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